Moreton Bay Bugs With Ginger Mint Butter

Total Time: 26 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 16 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint (or 1 1/2 teaspoons dried mint)
• 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 teaspoon grated lime zest
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce (or soy sauce)
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 4 lobster tails, 8-9 ounces each, halved lengthwise and deveined (or moreton bay bugs if you can find them)
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat grill to high.
• 2 melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat.
• 3 add mint, ginger, garlic and zest.
• 4 increase heat to medium.
• 5 cook until mixture is fragrant but not browned, about 3 minutes.
• 6 stir in fish sauce and lime juice.
• 7 bring to a boil and remove from heat.
• 8 brush butter mixture over cut side of lobsters.
• 9 sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 10 when ready to cook, oil the grill grate.
• 11 arrange lobster on the grate, cut side down, and grill for 6-8 minutes.
• 12 turn with tongs.
• 13 grill for 6-8 minutes more, basting generously several times with butter mixture.
• 14 serve with remaining butter, if any.